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For whom did you perform this for 500 times? Was it friends and family? Was it people who pay to see magic?

Start with Royal Road, The Tarbell book and Mark Wilson. You will get there. It's not a race. You need to know the basics. Not what you learn from Youtube, but a solid basic. I shouldn't even tell you this but R Paul Wilson did Royal Road as a DVD but even in it he tells you to buy the book and...

It is gonna cost some money because it's out of print but pick up the Amateur Magician's Handbook by Hay. but steer is right Stop trying to race F1 when you have barely learned how to ride a bike

Get the Tarbell PDF. It is like $30 US I did three or four hours a day for three years before I felt i was able to really do stuff for the public. Look at the masters they spend years on stuff before they show it. You need to break down each effect. Look at different ways to do it. See what...

The legendary Hierophant by Jon Racherbaumer has more than a few packet tricks, but honestly if you had trouble with the other books you picked up maybe you should start with Royal Road first.

Well no. I spent the money on the book. And unless you already have a workshop full of tools it is gonna get pricey.

To add to what Steel is saying... For the love of everything holy don't be a douche to other magicians who are working. You see a guy working the bar/restaurant/club/festival don't pull out your deck of cards. How would you like it if some clown did that to you? Don't tell people around you...

There is a multitude of ways. There is a book from Ricky Jay called Dice. He goes over the different ways dice can be loaded. Not a how to just ways.

I wished it was only a nine to five job. On average it seems like I'm spending five hours of marketing and networking to get one hour of "work". When I was starting out that was on top of my day job. No There is more business to show business than show.

I love magic. I love that feeling I get when I see that look of joy on someone's face. That look where they are a kid again and for a while they believe in magic. While I make it a point to be very selective about which magicians I hang with in my private life, will give advice where I can to...

You have to remember that casino cards are made to stand up to use in a casino setting. There are far better and less expensive cards for magic and flourishing. I mean do you really want to use a $500 deck for a three hour walk around gig? That would be like me taking my 1880's Bulldog Squeezers...

I'm going to break this down like a fraction. 1)Working on an effect for six months is not working on it. I practice something for almost a year before I show anyone else. 2)If you watch someone do an effect that is being sold and start doing it with out buying it then yes it is...

This should never be a selling point of magic. Money Card is priced at $30 because it's a worker not because it comes with the wallet (well some of the cost if the props). Just a cup is just over $200 US because it is a worker. The Thing is also expensive. Why? Because strong magic is worth the...

QFTFT!!!!! Gaetan Bloom said in one of his lectures "Don't be a specialist. A specialist knows less and less about more and more on a little subject." Meaning, sure you know 400 card tricks, but you are lost if you loose your cards. Be curious about magic. All of magic. Be different. Take...

Not sure if you will get an answer from the OP since this thread is working on being dead for two years. I use mine for one of three variations of Everywhere and Nowhere. I can give you the handling in a PM as not to expose it here.

Not saying what is in or out. We were telling him how to stand out from the sea of card workers out there. Would you rather see 10 guys all doing the same "hot" tricks, or the one guy who is doing something other than cards and doing them well? 793.8 is the Dewey Decimal number of the magic...

Sorry I lied it is Friday like in two days from now. http://www.amazon.com/Deceptive-Practice-Mysteries-Mentors-Ricky/dp/B00ED66J6Q https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/deceptive-practice-mysteries/id683793420 It will also be available on cable systems beginning on 11/15

The Legendary Hierophant is a $50 book but it is well worth it. From the magicpedia page... Material was mostly card magic, primarily from the Ed Marlo group out of Chicago. Contributions were made by Edward Marlo, Dai Vernon, Brother John Hamman, Larry Jennings, Martin Gardner, Simon Aronson...

On Thursday it will be on Amazon and iTune as a download DVD later this year i think November

I have been using That Twist Again by William P. Miesel from The Legendary Hierophant by Jon Racherbaumer page 341. It's the basic twisted aces plot but uses the A,2,3,4 of a suit. The kicker being when the last card, the four, is "twisted" it changed color along with the back color changing.